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Weak Bonds Depress Equities

Updated June 13, 1996 1:01 p.m. ET

LONDON -- Shares struggled to stay above the water line Thursday as weak bonds and lower stocks on Wall Street depressed the London market.

The blue-chip Financial Times-Stock Exchange 100-Share Index closed 7.5 points lower to 3761.7 on provisional volume of 670.6 million shares. The benchmark June future contract was trading at 3750.0 compared with Wednesday's close of 3767.0.